لوتهرا lothrā S̱. s. m. (लोचक) A lump of flesh.

لغو lag̠ẖo A adj. Preposterous, contemptible, ab- surd, false.

لک luk उल्का S̱. s. m. A falling star. A. H. لک luk, s. m. Varnish. P. S̱. لک lak (लक्ष) adj. A hundred thousand.

لڙهنا luṛhnā S̱. (लुठन or लोठन r. लुठ Roll about) v. n. To roll, to be spilt. لڙه جانا luṛh jānā, To die.

لرزه larza P s. m. 1. Shaking, shivering, quake. 2. An earthquake. 3. Tremour.

ل lām the twenty-third letter of the Arabic, and twenty-seventh of the Persian alphabet, corres- ponds to ल in Sanskrit. It is one of the eight dental letters in Arabic, and its sound is that of the English l. In the denotation of numbers by the letters of the Arabic alphabet, it stands for 30: and, by way of abbreviation, it may repre- sent the month شوال. Its permutations are, 1. In Persian and Hindūstānī into ر and vice versa; as, زرو zarū for زلو zalū, A leech; بار for بال Hair; ديوال for ديوار A wall; تلوار for تروار A sword. 2. In Arabic, in

لطافت lat̤āfat A s. f. Fineness, thinness, ele- gance, neatness, delicateness, deliciousness, sub- tilty, exquisiteness, pleasantness, facetiousness, wit.

لاديا lādiyā H s. m. A loader.

لبلب lublub A adj. Kind, benevolent to infe- riours.

لکهني likhnī लेखनी S̱. s. f. A pen. لکهني داس likhnī-dās, A writer, amanuensis, copyist.